Tag Archives: premium domain

May, 2010

• 28 May

  Why keyword domains are so important for SEO

  A relevant keyword domain by itself is pretty much useless for SEO. Search engines algorithms pay much more attention to factors like inbound links and page content than the domain name keywords. But having that perfect premium domain can be the ticket to better rankings. How so? You can use …

March, 2010

• 8 March

  Nigeria to release "premium" domains

  In an effort to boost profits, the Nigerian Internet Registration Association (NIRA) has announced the release of some 1,200 “premium” generic keyword .ng domains. The question is, does anyone care? Sure, ccTLDs are on the up, but only in developed countries and not in places with bad reputations for spamming …

September, 2009

• 25 September

  Premium .cm auctions fall through

  Earlier this month, a number of .cm domains sold for very high prices at auction. This includes sex.cm for $51,300 and free.cm for $17,800. In an apparent lack of confidence for the .cm extension, many buyers in these domain auctions have backed out. As a result, a decent number of …
• 22 September

  Gangsters.com auction ends at $16,100- Could it have sold for more?

  After 30 bids and 7 days, gangsters.com has sold for $16,100 USD on eBay. While the seller did meet his reserve price, could he have gotten more for the name? In short, yes. As I’ve mentioned before, eBay is not a good place to buy or sell a domain. Names …
• 9 September

  Shopping.de sells for $2.85 million

  Some people like shopping, others don’t. Apparently German web company Unister GmbH does, however, because it just bought shopping.de for a whopping £1.72 million, or $2.85 million USD. Unister owns a number of other premium domains, including news.de and auto.de. It must have wanted shopping.de very badly, because while it …

August, 2009

• 5 August

  Register a creative domain with Wordoid

  These days, it sometimes seems as though every good domain is already taken. Rather than settle for a less common extension or shell out big bucks for a parked domain, why not get creative? Wordoid is a free tool that lets you do just that. Enter any word or phrase, …